Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Richard Lovelady (2026)

Summary
Stats
Projections
News & Notes
Schedule

Who Should I Trade? Player Summaries
	Experts' Pick
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Expert Recommendation	100% Recommended by 6 of 6 experts	0% Recommended by 0 of 6 experts
Rankings

Rest of Season	# 39	‐
VBR	# 228	# 940

Projections

Strikeouts	26	6
Wins	1	0
Saves	11	0
ERA	3.66	4.36
WHIP	1.23	1.44

Misc

Injury Alert	-	IL60

Expert Ranks

Scott Pianowski Yahoo! Sports	# 44	‐

Dalton Del Don The Deep Shot	# 35	‐

Chris Welsh FantasyPros	# 36	‐

Mike Maher BettingPros	# 44	‐

Kelly Kirby FantasyPros	# 49	‐

Kevin Spinelli KevScores	# 62	# 370

Who Should I Trade? Player Statistics
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Stats


Games Played	42	33

Games Started	0	5

Innings Pitched	40.1	30.1

Wins	1	2

Losses	0	4

Saves	28	4

Blown Saves	3	3

Holds	2	9

Hits Allowed	21	34

Earned Runs	7	13

Home Runs Allowed	2	4

Strikeouts	43	27

Walks	13	21

ERA	1.56	3.86

WHIP	0.84	1.81

Who Should I Trade? Player Projections
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
2026 Projections


Games Played	25	8

Games Started	0	0

Innings Pitched	22.5	7.6

Wins	1	0

Losses	1	0

Saves	11	0

Blown Saves	0	0

Holds	1	1

Hits Allowed	19	7

Earned Runs	9	4

Home Runs Allowed	3	1

Strikeouts	26	6

Walks	8	3

ERA	3.66	4.36

WHIP	1.23	1.44

Who Should I Trade? Player Notes
	Bryan Baker RP - TB	Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
News
	Bryan Baker allowed no hits and one walk while striking out one over a scoreless inning to earn the save in Sunday's 1-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Richard Lovelady has been able to progress to playing catch. Ari Koslow Sat, Jul 25th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Saturday's 3-0 victory over the Cleveland Guardians, picking up his 27th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sun, Jul 26th	Nationals left-hander Richard Lovelady (triceps) is throwing out to 60 feet. Brenton Kemp Thu, Jul 9th
	Bryan Baker tossed a scoreless ninth inning in Wednesday's 3-0 win over the New York Yankees, earning his 25th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Richard Lovelady (triceps) was placed on the IL ahead of Monday's game. Nate Miller - FantasyPros Mon, Jun 29th
	Bryan Baker allowed one hit and no walks while striking out one over a scoreless ninth inning in Tuesday's 6-4 win over the New York Yankees, earning his 24th save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Wed, Jul 8th	Richard Lovelady will open for the Nationals on Tuesday against the Marlins. Ari Koslow Tue, Jun 2nd
	Bryan Baker faced the minimum three batters in Friday's 3-1 win over the Houston Astros to pick up his 23rd save of the season. Nicholas Rodriguez Sat, Jul 4th	Richard Lovelady pitched one scoreless inning, registering one strikeout and his fourth save of the season in the Nationals win over the Braves. Jesse Garcia Sat, May 23rd
Notes
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Who Should I Trade? Player Schedules
Date	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR	Opp	Opp Pitcher	VBR
	Bryan Baker RP - TB			Richard Lovelady SP,RP - WSH
Thu, Mar 26th	@ STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104	@ CHC	Matthew Boyd (6-1)	#35
Sat, Mar 28th	@ STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89	@ CHC	Cade Horton (1-0)
Sun, Mar 29th	@ STL	Dustin May (5-7)	#48	@ CHC	Shota Imanaga (7-8)	#27
Mon, Mar 30th	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52	@ PHI	Taijuan Walker (1-4)
Tue, Mar 31st	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)		@ PHI	Andrew Painter (1-8)	#238
Wed, Apr 1st	@ MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7	@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Apr 3rd	@ MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	vs LAD	Emmet Sheehan (4-7)	#43
Sat, Apr 4th	@ MIN	Mick Abel (1-2)		vs LAD	Tyler Glasnow (3-0)	#67
Sun, Apr 5th	@ MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		vs LAD	Roki Sasaki (4-5)	#97
Mon, Apr 6th	vs CHC	Jameson Taillon (2-6)	#114	vs STL	Andre Pallante (11-6)	#123
Tue, Apr 7th	vs CHC	Javier Assad (6-1)	#230	vs STL	Matthew Liberatore (5-8)	#104
Wed, Apr 8th	vs CHC	Colin Rea (7-7)	#186	vs STL	Michael McGreevy (4-8)	#89
Fri, Apr 10th	vs NYY	Luis Gil (1-2)	#303	@ MIL	Aaron Ashby
Sat, Apr 11th	vs NYY	Max Fried (4-3)	#14	@ MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, Apr 12th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	@ MIL	Brandon Woodruff (2-2)
Tue, Apr 14th	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Wed, Apr 15th	@ CWS	Sean Burke (7-5)	#78	@ PIT	Mason Montgomery (4-3)	#102
Thu, Apr 16th	@ CWS	Jordan Leasure		@ PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Fri, Apr 17th	@ PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112	vs SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Sat, Apr 18th	@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3	vs SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Sun, Apr 19th	@ PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Mon, Apr 20th	vs CIN	Rhett Lowder (3-7)	#276	vs ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Tue, Apr 21st	vs CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23	vs ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Wed, Apr 22nd	vs CIN	Brandon Williamson (2-3)	#420	vs ATL	Didier Fuentes (4-1)	#136
Fri, Apr 24th	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57	@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Sat, Apr 25th	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84	@ CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239
Sun, Apr 26th	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)		@ CWS	Bryan Hudson (3-4)	#168
Mon, Apr 27th	@ CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47
Tue, Apr 28th	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	@ NYM	Clay Holmes (4-4)	#126
Wed, Apr 29th	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24	@ NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Fri, May 1st	vs SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96	vs MIL	Jacob Misiorowski (11-4)	#7
Sat, May 2nd	vs SF	Landen Roupp (7-8)	#61	vs MIL	Kyle Harrison (8-2)	#52
Sun, May 3rd	vs SF	Tyler Mahle (3-9)	#80	vs MIL	Logan Henderson (4-1)	#46
Mon, May 4th	vs TOR	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360
Tue, May 5th	vs TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	vs MIN	Taj Bradley (9-4)	#57
Wed, May 6th	vs TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	vs MIN	Bailey Ober (7-3)	#84
Thu, May 7th	@ BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	vs MIN	Simeon Woods Richardson (1-7)
Fri, May 8th	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ MIA	Robby Snelling (0-1)
Sun, May 10th	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Mon, May 11th	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28
Tue, May 12th	@ TOR	Patrick Corbin (3-4)	#314	@ CIN	Brady Singer (5-9)	#153
Wed, May 13th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ CIN	Nick Lodolo (3-2)	#99
Fri, May 15th	vs MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76
Sat, May 16th	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	vs BAL	Chris Bassitt (4-4)	#266
Sun, May 17th	vs MIA	Eury Perez (5-8)	#39	vs BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Mon, May 18th	vs BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75	vs NYM	Christian Scott (3-2)	#56
Tue, May 19th	vs BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	vs NYM	Nolan McLean (7-7)	#30
Wed, May 20th	vs BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	vs NYM	Zac Thornton (2-1)	#155
Fri, May 22nd	@ NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Sun, May 24th	@ NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Mon, May 25th	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38	@ CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58
Tue, May 26th	@ BAL	Shane Baz (4-9)	#76	@ CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77
Wed, May 27th	@ BAL	Trey Gibson (1-3)	#293	@ CLE	Gavin Williams (10-5)	#24
Fri, May 29th	vs LAA	Walbert Urena (6-7)	#328	vs SD	Lucas Giolito (2-3)	#325
Sat, May 30th	vs LAA	Reid Detmers (3-7)	#37	vs SD	Michael King (6-7)	#50
Sun, May 31st	vs LAA	Jack Kochanowicz (2-5)		vs SD	Griffin Canning (1-9)	#166
Mon, Jun 1st	vs DET	Ty Madden	#257	vs MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55
Tue, Jun 2nd	vs DET	Jack Flaherty (3-8)	#79	vs MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203
Wed, Jun 3rd	vs DET	Troy Melton (5-1)	#95	vs MIA	Max Meyer (9-1)	#81
Fri, Jun 5th	@ MIA	Ryan Gusto (0-2)	#205	@ ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119
Sat, Jun 6th	@ MIA	Lake Bachar (1-2)	#203	@ ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sun, Jun 7th	@ MIA	Sandy Alcantara (10-6)	#55	@ ARI	Michael Soroka (8-3)	#65
Mon, Jun 8th	vs BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169	@ SF	Logan Webb (5-7)	#19
Tue, Jun 9th	vs BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51	@ SF	Adrian Houser (2-7)	#191
Wed, Jun 10th	vs BOS	Jake Bennett (6-3)	#87	@ SF	Robbie Ray (9-6)	#96
Fri, Jun 12th	@ LAA	Sam Aldegheri (3-4)	#426	vs SEA	Bryce Miller (4-5)	#40
Sat, Jun 13th	@ LAA	Jose Soriano (9-6)	#44	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62
Sun, Jun 14th	@ LAA	Grayson Rodriguez (3-3)	#134	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86
Mon, Jun 15th	@ LAD	Eric Lauer (5-5)	#360	vs KC	Mitch Spence (0-2)	#324
Tue, Jun 16th	@ LAD	Justin Wrobleski (11-2)	#68	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69
Wed, Jun 17th	@ LAD	Shohei Ohtani (8-2)	#1	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277
Fri, Jun 19th	vs WSH	PJ Poulin (3-0)	#280	@ TB	Griffin Jax (6-7)	#63
Sat, Jun 20th	vs WSH	Cade Cavalli (7-4)	#54	@ TB	Ian Seymour (6-3)	#70
Sun, Jun 21st	vs WSH	Andrew Alvarez (2-3)	#152	@ TB	Nick Martinez (10-2)	#94
Mon, Jun 22nd	vs KC	Michael Wacha (5-7)	#69	vs PHI	Tim Mayza (2-3)	#179
Tue, Jun 23rd	vs KC	Luinder Avila (5-3)	#277	vs PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Jun 24th	vs KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	vs PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Thu, Jun 25th	vs KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	vs PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Fri, Jun 26th	vs ARI	Zac Gallen (3-9)	#175	@ BAL	Trevor Rogers (6-7)	#75
Sat, Jun 27th	vs ARI			@ BAL	Brandon Young (8-2)	#140
Sun, Jun 28th	vs ARI	Merrill Kelly (8-8)	#119	@ BAL	Kyle Bradish (7-9)	#38
Tue, Jun 30th	@ KC	Noah Cameron (5-8)	#88	@ BOS	Connelly Early (7-5)	#169
Wed, Jul 1st	@ KC	Seth Lugo (4-6)	#133	@ BOS	Payton Tolle (6-6)	#51
Thu, Jul 2nd	@ KC	Stephen Kolek (4-3)	#359
Fri, Jul 3rd	@ HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202	vs PIT	Mitch Keller (6-7)	#127
Sat, Jul 4th	@ HOU	Hunter Brown (2-1)	#21	vs PIT	Braxton Ashcraft (10-4)	#32
Sun, Jul 5th	@ HOU	Peter Lambert (8-5)	#129	vs PIT	Bubba Chandler (3-8)	#112
Mon, Jul 6th	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18	vs HOU	Mike Burrows (4-9)	#178
Tue, Jul 7th	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71	vs HOU	Tatsuya Imai (6-4)	#122
Wed, Jul 8th	vs NYY	Gerrit Cole (3-5)	#26	vs HOU	Spencer Arrighetti (7-5)	#202
Thu, Jul 9th	vs NYY	Paul Blackburn (3-1)	#216
Fri, Jul 10th	vs SEA	Luis Castillo (3-9)	#62	vs NYY	Ryan Weathers (4-7)	#60
Sat, Jul 11th	vs SEA	Logan Gilbert (8-6)	#11	vs NYY	Cam Schlittler (10-6)	#18
Sun, Jul 12th	vs SEA	Emerson Hancock (6-4)	#86	vs NYY	Will Warren (7-5)	#71
Fri, Jul 17th	@ BOS	Eduardo Rivera (0-1)	#227	@ ATH	Gage Jump (3-6)	#98
Sat, Jul 18th	@ BOS	Patrick Sandoval (0-0)	#141	@ ATH	J.T. Ginn (8-6)	#139
Sun, Jul 19th	@ BOS	Sonny Gray (12-2)	#29	@ ATH	Jacob Lopez (5-4)	#221
Mon, Jul 20th	@ TOR	Dylan Cease (7-5)	#10	@ COL	Kyle Freeland (2-10)	#341
Tue, Jul 21st	@ TOR	Kevin Gausman (4-10)	#28	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432
Wed, Jul 22nd	@ TOR	Braydon Fisher (3-3)	#160	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236
Thu, Jul 23rd	@ TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Fri, Jul 24th	vs CLE	Joey Cantillo (8-6)	#77	vs ARI	Eduardo Rodriguez (9-3)	#121
Sat, Jul 25th	vs CLE	Tanner Bibee (4-10)	#58	vs ARI	Mitch Bratt (0-1)	#192
Sun, Jul 26th	vs CLE	Parker Messick (8-6)	#47	vs ARI	Kohl Drake (0-0)	#275
Tue, Jul 28th	vs TEX	Cal Quantrill (3-3)	#319	vs TOR	Shane Bieber (2-1)	#72
Wed, Jul 29th	vs TEX	MacKenzie Gore (6-8)	#31	vs TOR	Trey Yesavage (4-5)	#66
Thu, Jul 30th	vs TEX	Nathan Eovaldi (10-8)	#17	@ ATL	Bryce Elder (6-6)	#142
Fri, Jul 31st	vs CWS	Erick Fedde (5-6)	#400	@ ATL	Reynaldo Lopez (4-3)	#83
Sat, Aug 1st	vs CWS	Noah Schultz (3-7)	#239	@ ATL	Martin Perez (6-6)	#235
Sun, Aug 2nd	vs CWS	Anthony Kay (7-4)	#210	@ ATL	Chris Sale (11-6)	#6
Mon, Aug 3rd	@ COL	Michael Lorenzen (3-9)	#432	@ PHI	Aaron Nola (3-8)	#59
Tue, Aug 4th	@ COL	Gabriel Hughes (0-2)	#236	@ PHI	Jesus Luzardo (9-5)	#9
Wed, Aug 5th	@ COL	Tomoyuki Sugano (10-4)	#433	@ PHI
Fri, Aug 7th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sat, Aug 8th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Sun, Aug 9th	@ SEA			vs CIN
Mon, Aug 10th	@ ATH
Tue, Aug 11th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Wed, Aug 12th	@ ATH			vs CHC
Fri, Aug 14th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sat, Aug 15th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Sun, Aug 16th	vs BAL			@ NYM
Mon, Aug 17th	vs BAL
Tue, Aug 18th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Wed, Aug 19th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Thu, Aug 20th	vs TOR			@ TEX
Fri, Aug 21st	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sat, Aug 22nd	@ BAL			@ MIA
Sun, Aug 23rd	@ BAL			@ MIA
Mon, Aug 24th	@ DET			vs COL
Tue, Aug 25th	@ DET			vs COL
Wed, Aug 26th	@ DET			vs COL
Fri, Aug 28th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sat, Aug 29th	vs SD			vs MIA
Sun, Aug 30th	vs SD			vs MIA
Mon, Aug 31st	vs NYM			vs MIA
Tue, Sep 1st	vs NYM			vs ATL
Wed, Sep 2nd	vs NYM			vs ATL
Thu, Sep 3rd	@ TEX
Fri, Sep 4th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sat, Sep 5th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Sun, Sep 6th	@ TEX			@ LAD
Tue, Sep 8th	@ ATL			@ SD
Wed, Sep 9th	@ ATL			@ SD
Thu, Sep 10th	@ ATL
Fri, Sep 11th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sat, Sep 12th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Sun, Sep 13th	vs HOU			vs LAA
Tue, Sep 15th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Wed, Sep 16th	vs ATH			vs PHI
Thu, Sep 17th	vs ATH
Fri, Sep 18th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sat, Sep 19th	vs BOS			@ STL
Sun, Sep 20th	vs BOS			@ STL
Tue, Sep 22nd	@ NYY			@ DET
Wed, Sep 23rd	@ NYY			@ DET
Thu, Sep 24th	@ NYY
Fri, Sep 25th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sat, Sep 26th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Sun, Sep 27th	@ PHI			vs NYM
Mon, Apr 13th				@ PIT	Paul Skenes (9-9)	#3
Thu, Apr 23rd				vs ATL	JR Ritchie (1-2)	#270
Thu, Apr 30th				@ NYM	Freddy Peralta (5-9)	#42
Sat, May 9th				@ MIA	Janson Junk (4-6)	#100
Thu, May 14th				@ CIN	Chase Burns (12-1)	#23
Thu, May 21st				vs NYM	David Peterson (6-7)	#90
Sat, May 23rd				@ ATL	Grant Holmes (6-4)	#146
Mon, Jun 29th				@ BOS	Ranger Suarez (4-3)	#25
Mon, Jul 27th				vs TOR	Max Scherzer (1-4)	#156
Thu, Aug 6th				@ PHI	Cristopher Sanchez (13-4)	#4
Thu, Aug 13th				vs CHC
Thu, Aug 27th				vs COL
Mon, Sep 7th				@ SD
Mon, Sep 21st				@ DET

Who Should I Trade?

Bryan Baker for Richard Lovelady (2026)

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